US mistakenly puts Singapore in Malaysia during Trump-Kim summit, drawing social media scorn

PHOTO: Screegrab from US Department of State's website

SINGAPORE - The US State Department mistakenly made Singapore part of neighbouring Malaysia in a note issued in connection with Tuesday's (June 12) North Korea-US summit and published on its website, sparking snide comments on social media.

US President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday for the first ever summit between leaders of the old foes, at a hotel in the city state of Singapore.

The mistake came in a transcript of a briefing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave on Monday. It gave the venue as "JW Marriott, Singapore, Malaysia". The error was rectified later to remove the reference to Malaysia.

"Well, US State Department still thinks Singapore is in Malaysia," said Twitter user @BrioS-BRxV.